Trump questions integrity of US midterms, blames voting machines
Donald Trump has cast doubt on the fairness of the US midterm elections, suggesting voting machines played a key role in the Republican defeat.
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AIFormer US President Donald Trump has questioned the integrity of the midterm elections, which saw the Republican Party lose, asking: "Does anyone really believe these elections were fair? How could the polls have been so wrong?"
In a post on the Truth Social platform, Trump claimed that some batches of early votes were "so massive that winning became impossible, no matter how many people turned out to vote," adding: "It's all about the machines, which have become much more important than the voter!"
Trump did not provide evidence for his claims, and US election authorities have not commented on his statements.
His post follows a series of messages in which Trump blamed the Democratic Party for the market downturn after the elections, saying the United States had "taken a big step backward in history."